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PC Enthusiast Scammed For Used 4090 With No GPU or VRAM
Buying used GPUs is always a risk mostly for the risk of being scammed, either not receiving your product, receiving a broken product or other issues. Fortunately most reputable reseller sites such as eBay, at least in the UK, have strong buyer protections in place, unfortunately though those buyer protections…
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Dough Monitors Accused of Faking Pre-Launch Signups With RNG
The other day I covered the release of a Dough 32-inch 4k Monitor which at the time was an unknown company to me and was also offering strangely cheap prices for their monitors. Today I’ve learned of the company’s history as well as some dodgy tactics they’ve been using with…
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Linus Tech Tips Involved In TeslaLive Hack
3 Weeks ago our eTeknix YouTube account was compromised by scammers and the account was replaced with Tesla, this was very irritating for us and we found many other’s who had fallen for the same scam and as of today, it turns out that not even the big dogs in…
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Scammers Using AI Voice Generation to Mimic The Voices of Loved Ones.
AI is the hot topic this year with ChatGPT, Google Bard and AI image generation, all of this is interesting and cool tech but AI has some major problems mostly down to its lack of regulation. To be specific scammers are using AI to mimic the voice of loved ones…
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Phishing Cyber Attacks Rose by Over 30% in Q4 2022!
Phishing undoubtedly represents one of the most prevalent risks in regard to online security. For those of you unaware of the term, the premise of it is rather simple. You’ll get an (unsolicited) email, or some kind of message possibly through your phone, attempting to suggest that they are a…
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Facebook Users Warned to Be Aware of New Rise in Phishing Scams
Phishing scams are about one of the most common means of third parties attempting to get your personal data. – For those of you unaware, the general premise of these scams is rather basic in that they often pretend to be a legitimate company and attempt to trick you into…
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Researchers Warn A New (and Old) Online Credit Card Scam Has Been Discovered!
It’s not exactly a secret that the online world can be a dangerous place. Particularly so if you’re not very careful about protecting your data (and before you ask, no, this isn’t a sponsored post for some kind of VPN software). – The sad reality is that the internet is…
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Major US Retailer Lists 30TB External SSD For Just $38.99 (Scam Ahoy!!!)
Everyone loves a bargain. At the same time though, there is always the old (and usually correct) adage that if something looks too good to be true, it probably is! – With this in mind, therefore, when you hear of a 30TB external SSD for sale for under $40, I…
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Users Warned to Watch for New (And Convincing) PayPal Scam
I think it would be fair to say that a pretty solid number of people now are familiar with the usual variety of scams. (PayPal, Amazon, banking, etc.) – A scam email, for example, is usually pretty easy to identify if not for the horrifically poor grammar generally used throughout…
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YouTube Update to Crack Down on Spam Comments & Account Impersonators
For several years now, YouTube has had a pretty big problem when it has come to spam. No, I’m not necessarily talking about misleading videos, but more the fact that for many channels (both big and small), comment sections can sometimes get absolutely flooded by ‘people’ making posts you know…
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Chinese OEMs to Blame For Overpriced Nvidia 3060/3070 Laptops?
While the desktop graphics card situation has improved quite notably over the last 6 months, I daresay that many of you are more than a little aware that the laptop situation hasn’t been quite as positive. – Stock is definitely out there, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that…
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Researchers Warn of Scam ‘Squid Game’ Emails
Given the huge popularity seen with the ‘Squid Game‘ TV series on Netflix, it’s hardly surprising that many individuals and organisations (completely unaffiliated with the show I might add) have looked, or at least attempted, to cash in on its success. For example, there are already more than a few…
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UK Report Confirms Scam Calls/Texts Have Increased by 83%
I generally tend to receive at least one scam telephone call a week. The script occasionally varies (largely between something to do with my Amazon Prime account, or ‘hackers’ using my internet), but their aim is pretty much always the same. Namely, to extract either information or money from me.…
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UK Consumers Warned of Vehicle Tax Email Scam!
It’s a sad reality that there are many individuals and organisations out there that are absolutely determined if not to steal your money, then to at least learn as much information about you that you’re willing to give away freely. – Of these, one of the most common tactics is…
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Apple iPhone User Loses $600,000 in Fake Crypto App!
Although I’m personally not much of a fan of Apple products, I would freely concede that when compared to Google Play, their App Store is significantly better maintained and ran. Specifically, in terms of keeping malware and other general garbage off it. It should be noted though that the Apple…
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